Re-elected Nixon demands mass resignation letters 40 years ago today (1972)


Video: Nov. 8, 1972 (at 7:29)

(Wednesday, November 8, 1972, the day after the 1972 presidential election) — The day after winning re-election in a huge landslide, U.S. President Richard Nixon orders his cabinet to submit letters of resignation by Friday, November 10, so he can decide which will stay or go in a month’s time.